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. 2022 Oct 24;18(6):2136453. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2136453

Table 2.

Measles immunity by source of immunity and demographic group, Chandigarh, India, 2017–2018.

  Measles antibody borderline or negative P-value: positive vs borderline or negative Antibody positive
Total Vaccination Natural History No or unknown history P-value
Overall 100 (6%)   1590 (94%) 473 (30%) 254 (16%) 869 (54%)  
Gender   .5708         .0078
 Male 24 (5%)   283 (95%) 279 (33%) 147 (18%) 411 (49%)  
 Female 76 (6%)   1307 (94%) 193 (26%) 106 (14%) 458 (60%)  
Household income   .3661         .2265
 Rs <10,000 per month 62 (6%)   1005 (94%) 296 (29%) 151 (16%) 555 (55%)  
 Rs 10,000–25,000 per month 26 (4%)   440 (96%) 153 (32%) 55 (18%) 242 (50%)  
 Rs >25,000 per month 12 (8%)   145 (92%) 24 (23%) 9 (9%) 71 (68%)  
Maternal education   <.0001         <.0001
 None 34 (3%)   917 (97%) 184 (20%) 117 (13%) 625 (67%)  
 Primary 13 (10%)   138 (90%) 42 (28%) 26 (17%) 85 (55%)  
 Middle 15 (7%)   128 (93%) 66 (49%) 34 (26%) 34 (25%)  
 Higher Secondary 27 (15%)   195 (85%) 90 (55%) 39 (24%) 35 (21%)  
 College or Higher 9 (7%)   122 (93%) 82 (62%) 31 (23%) 19 (15%)  
Caste   .7847         .0596
 SC/ST 30 (6%)   514 (94%) 159 (32%) 94 (19%) 244 (49%)  
 OBC 9 (5%)   132 (95%) 34 (25%) 10 (8%) 92 (67%)  
 Others 61 (5%)   944 (95%) 280 (29%) 149 (15%) 533 (56%)  

OBC, other backward caste; Rs, rupees; SC/ST, scheduled caste/scheduled tribe